Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-17

Gee ncWs III Con
Tenth. lsntit funl Now, once more
what ia your name
The Governor sat silent upon the
bucket. but an expression the most
piteous imaginable overspread his fea-
lures. 80,
"what is your name ?" repeated the
prisoner.
"Don'tl" pleaded the Governor.
"Apy name but that 1t is so very
very foolish. -, 81,
"Your name, sir, your name san
tie ineyorable prisoner
"Ticl- No, no, please Any
name in the world but that "
"Besist me further and | will dis
solve you where you sit J Now Tor the
last tine. your name :,
"Tiokle-to-by the-the Tenth,
ummrrcd the Governor, from whose
lirs the foolish words were wrung 10y
the sheer vill-power of the prisoner.
Two raises more and the Governor
miled on him and pronounced the
name quite cheerfully.
Good =" exclaimed No. 222. 81
told Won we should be excellent friends.
One word more and l have done with
Won. You are my slave at present, but
in five minutes ] shall be yours. We
are very friendly now, and / insist that
Won remain my friend in your waking
state. Doyou understand me Will
it TO be so. ."
Il shall certainly remain your
friend" replied the Governor in tone
of the most emphatic willingness.
every good. Get off the bucket.
can't have you sitting there when you
| find Yourself in authority again, for
Won iook very ridiculous and would
wonder what had been happening.
The Governor rose smiling, and the
n oment he stood on his feet he was the
some man who had entered the cell
twenty minutes earlier.
No. 222 was in defereDtial attitude
before him, and had, as the Governor
imagined, Just concluded statement
which made it clear that he had been
maliciously accused.
His feeling toward the prisoner was
kindly. and when No. 222 asked some
slight favor of him he granted 1t and
wished him q good night.
No. 900 went to bed and slept tran
quilly. ;,
The next day he decided finally that
he would quit the prison, for despite
the conquests he had made within Its
walls he was very tired of it. In nc
long time he bad evolved and shaped
bis plan. ,,.,
1t was an adroit, and even n brilliant
plan. Itfascinated the author himself.
Two whole days he dwelt upon 1t,
pored over it, toyed with it, and Rugged
{ TO bimself for the cunning OF 1t flat
tered his vanity. He felt a scientific
interest in it apart from all question OF
It's probable or possible issue, for this
plsn involved the submission OF hi
powers to a great and decisive test.
Briefly. it is this: He was to procure
his release from prison without the
lifting Of Il finger or the utterance OF
syllable in his own behalf.
Did such achievement lie within th'
,ompGss Of human skill 3?
: At this time there was residing II
well appointed chambers in Cork street
, iccadilly, a young man favprabl.
snown to the best society as the hon
tlan Pede FitzGlbbon. He was well
, bred and gracious young man, 10
. whom family connections, Transparent
. penmanship, and an unusual reverence
! fer the Constitution had combined t
. procure the post of junior assistant sec
q rotaIy to the Secretary of State for tn
a Home Department.
One evening, some three or four day
after No. 222 had resolved on obtalnIn
, his freedom, this young man dresse
h himself for ball and entered ca
which was to take him to the house
= his entertainer in Kensington.
/. 1t was late and the night was cloudy
a and MS the cab passed through dil
. md half deserted square in the neigl
I EeIhcod of the park, there appeare
= .uddenly to the startled vision OF FIT
o Cibbon, mirrored and flaming IN spa'
y Iiaht ahead of him, this brief, surprlsln
+ legend:
r Professor John McGibbOn,
No. 90 in H. H. Prison at -,
d WronUuly COnricted.
e The words hung before him in spa'
e TOR some five or six seconds, and melt'
e into the darkness. In five or SIX s
it conds more they reappeared, burnlI
tLe air level with his gaze for abo
L the same brief period, and again va
If ishcd. But by this time they had Il
a pressed themselves upon his brain.
Is All that night at intervals the frea
lie sh words continued to assall hi
is they pricked his brain. made onset
o. his ear. and multiplied themselves IN
k thousand shapes and colors before i
ewes. He had no JOY all that night,
r woman, or of wine cup, or OF yaise.
ed He quilted the ball and called C.
ne to drive him home.
n There was the legend still painted
quiyering yellow tiers upon the CT
o. tain of the night. Alan went to b
like one in a nightmare for the thu
is had no sensible import for him;
he could not pick the ghost of Il meani
lis out of those dubious words.
When he awoke they were still befc
We Lin:
us Professor .JOhn McGibbOn,
IS, No. 300 in II. ". Prison at -
is WronQtuily Convicted.
ny And now appeared for the first tn
tie four new words, in the form o.
"a postscript:
81 lie Must be Reieascd.
1.-The devil he must !" said Alan, a
ne fell to thinking. "Who is PROBES
,at Ohm McGibbon, and why did theyc'
an Wet him vrongfully, and what IN
m. name of Mesmer has it to do with me
nv "Mesmer
M No sooner had he said this word Il
his mind began to be family illumln
ed lie thought again, and having thou,
NO awhile he remembered somewhat.
John McGibbon, erstwhile profess
ba, YES the name OF the famous mesmel
his who. during little summer of reho'
i've had startled the town by his perfol
ances. He had once, at an even
The raltv in Pelgiayia, mesmerized A
,r's himself with unequiyocal success.
DOR recalled the professors words on I
WI occasion. Il believe that 1 could
IAN anything / pleased with you" the
me fessor had said and certainly ne
the done strange things with him that
ELI Ling. He had on the same occa'
and mesmerized the Home Secretary,
= Ii he xtyatnh